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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1600

China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Covers
1897 (10 Apr.) large red band envelope to Tientsin bearing Large Figures, Wide Setting 2c. on 2ca. second printing vertical pair tied by Customs Shanghai c.d.s. with indistinct Tientsin arrival on the reverse. The stamps are centred right and from the left side of the pane. A good cover paying 4c. for under ½ ounce. Photo

literature:
Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharge Issues, Tony Kwan, 2011 (illustrated page 616)


1897年4月10日上海寄天津大型紅條封, 貼大字加蓋長距洋銀貳分蓋於第二版貳分票, 直雙連票一件, 銷上海海關日戳, 封背蓋較模糊天津到達戳, 郵票圖案右移, 來自格的左邊, 付洋銀四分郵資作為信函不滿半安士重的平郵郵費, 信封保存良好._x000D_ _x000D_ 著作: 2011年關道華著"慈禧壽辰票暨加蓋票信封圖鑑" (第616頁插圖)

Sold for
HK$32,000